Doctors dissolve the reserved prognosis of Pope Francis after his favorable evolution

The medical team that attends to Pope Francis has decided to withdraw the forecast reserved on his health status after verifying that “the improvements recorded in recent days have been further established.”

The Pontiff, who has been admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for 25 days due to bilateral pneumonia, continues to present a “stable clinical picture” and continues to respond positively to antibiotic therapy.

According to the last medical part issued on Monday, “blood tests, clinical evolution and good response to pharmacological therapy confirm this progress.”

“Due to this favorable evolution, doctors have decided to dissolve the prognosis over their health status,” he adds.

However, due to the complexity of his clinical picture and the “important infection” polycyrobial with which he entered on February 14, doctors have ruled out their return to the Vatican.

“The Pontiff must continue for a few more days with medical therapy in the hospital,” says the last medical bulletin.

Although the signs of improvement are evident, the Specialists of the Gemelli, led by Dr. Sergio Alfieri, maintain prudence and warn that the risk of new respiratory crises has not yet been completely overcome.

For this reason, Pope Francis continues to sleep with a mechanical ventilation apparatus and, during the day, uses high flow oxygen cannulas to help in his breathing. In the next few days, doctors will evaluate possible changes in respiratory assistance devices.

Despite his convalescence, Pope Francis has remained active. In this sense, he has continued, for the second consecutive day and through the Internet, the Lent Meditations taught to the Cardinals of the Roman Curia in the Paul VI classroom VATICANO by the preacher of the Pontifical House, the Capuchin friar Roberto Pasolini. The sessions have been broadcast live from the Vatican, an unpublished fact until now.

The Holy Father of 88 has alternated his day between prayer, rest, antibiotic therapy and physiotherapy, both motor and respiratory. The tone of this last medical report is much more optimistic than last week, since since March 3 it has not experienced new respiratory crises.